I asked two of the three that were there, personally. You are calling them liars.
"Talks about talks" comprised a series of meetings last year between ****, ****, ****, **** and me. The meetings were brokered behind the scenes by the work of several non-Committee members. The purpose of the meetings was to establish whether or not there existed sufficient common ground to enter a formal negotiation to resolve contract, rostering and 49er issues. A wide range of ideas were exchanged and discussed during those meetings but they were just that – ideas. Offers are made during negotiations - “talks about talks” was not a negotiation. It was about sharing where each side could go in the hope of getting a mandate to enter formal negotiations.
The management has called this an offer. It has succeeded in misleading some of the members of the AOA as well as almost all of the non-members. If you see an offer there can you please point it out, maybe I am missing something.